Joshua Sands

Joshua Sands (12 October 1757-13 September 1835) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NY 2) from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1805 (succeeding Samuel L. Mitchill and preceding Gurdon S. Mumford) and from 4 March 1825 to 3 March 1827 (succeeding Jacob Tyson and preceding Jacob J. Wood).

Biography
Joshua Sands was born in Cow Neck, Nassau County, New York in 1757. He served as a Continental Army captain during the American Revolutionary War and, along with his brother Comfort Sands and Alexander Hamilton, he co-founded the Bank of New York. He went on to serve in the State Senate from 1791 to 1797, as Collector of the Port of New York from 1797 to 1801, and in the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1805 and from 1825 to 1827. He died in Brooklyn in 1835.